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THE CHINA MAIL.

MONSOON MISHAP.-

ARABIAN SEA TRAGEDY,

Life is full the moral that "fe cannot die." of surprises like that. There is a That is true. It is, however, a good-looking man here whose face concept utterly unrelated to that we thought we knew quite well; of his headline, "life after death." but to-day we suddenly saw him When men speak of immortality, looking out of the windows of his they mean the deathlessness of the "LADY KILLED ON P. & O, STEAMER eyes, and we knew then that we had individual ego, which is £ pure].

man.

CHINESE

with the uses of the toothbrush.

FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1920

OUR BOY HAWKERS.

* CHINA MAIL” IN COURT,

EUROPEAN PATS FINE: BOY GETS.

LICENCE..

wwwwwwindia

CANTON GUNBOATS.

FIGHT WITH PORTUGUESE. GUARD.

EXCITING INCIDENTS,

never seen him before. An ugly assumption, and disproved as far A very sad mishap occurred on man, who should keep the blinds as a negative can-be". Matter is board the P. & 0. 5.9. "China” in down. An eril man, lurking inside imperishable and energy continues, the Arabian Sea on June 23rd, when Adversaria" about a little Chinese concerning the scrap at Macao on Yesterday we had a note in The latest information to hand a beautiful body. A dangerous but the change which we call death the vessel was two days out of Bourbeg who bought twenty cents worth Saturday between the Portuguese What brought him to the comes. The eternal life of the ego bay on her way from London to of peanuts and peddled them to help cruiser Patria" and the Chinese windows, this man who has reason requires the eternal existence of Australis. An old Swiss lady who the family finances, his mother and gunboat "Kwongtai," which resulted to hide! It was the mise of the individual memory, and was a second saloon passenger was himself being debarred from their in severe damage to the "Kwongtai," guarrel.

memory begins to die is our body killed under tragic circumstances usual job by the typhoon weather. is that on the return to Barra of the A Hongkong ship-deways. When a man says my After leaving Aden, the "China" met The boy was arrested as an un-Fatria" followed by the "KwonK ping company mus memory is going" he says in effect the brunt of the SW. monsoon and licensed hawker, and fined $2 or tai towed by a tug, the authorities

We are all dying.rafted heavily the whole way to three days hard labour. NAVIATORS. two steamers, one "I am dying.

were informed that the rebels had certain witty | Bombay. One of the passengers, who ruanned with Bri-although like. a

Today a policeman showed this abandoned ship off Colowan taking tish officers,

with Chinese. monarch, we are an unconscionable was an eyewitness of what occurred, The story has been unfolded in timp about it. There are a few of gave the following account of the cutting to the magistrate, who, the with them all their fire arms and

just smiled. The ammunition. reporter says,

About ten the 'hie Ma, and need not be us. in Hongkong who are never so mishap

minutes later, the "It was about six o'clock in the policeman also mentioned that a Euro-

pean gentleman had sent in three Portuguese gunboat reprated. A river skipper wants cheerful as when we get together

"Macao" to talk about our own approaching evening when the ship gave a sudden dollars, two to pay the fine, and one steamed out of port and made for the Aiversarian to abject.

If "Tony" is a little lurch, bigger than any previous one what gromas, said Adversarius. I deaths.

Justice was as just as it could be. ferce of Portuguese and African Jouragement of piracy, and for reading, and cares to communicate. thrown out of my deck-chair, back As the boy had already been incar troops. At first the search for the. Well, for one thing it is an en-more than an echo of his recent and suddenly I found myself being to be given as a solatium to the boy. Colowan where she landed a strong another they work for later wages. We might include him in our syra.wards, along with those near me cerated for the best part of two days, fugitives met with no 'success, but | How would you like it if a Chinese ) posia, proväling that he is not under The deck sloped like the roof of it decided that he had worked off as the scouts neared the Portuguese house, the angle from the perpendi- care along to write Adversaria for forty, and that he is acquainted cular made by the masts being about part of the fine, and need only pay garrison station at Kao-0, their seventy cents. This-left him $2.30, attention was attracted by the firing less than half your wage?. I don't

30 degrees. The vessel presently enough to buy him a licence and to al rifles. Convinced

that know, said iversons bot

righted herself, only to roll over just leave him a few cents over for capi scrap was in

progress betweeen as much to the other side. We were tal. He was given a licence. know that I would do. What? I

the Portuguese guards should go and try to earn an hopest

being thrown about in a strug This is very pleasant reading so the rebels, and knowing living.

gling mass right from one far as it goes, but we hope that these their comrades were outnumbered An unknown Chinese was found side of the deck to the other iniquitous fines are not going to go by about five to one, the troops BARBELLION. ing page in the dead hanging from a beam in a heard a warning shout behind me on just because we have a kind-heart-advanced swiftly on K20-0, arriving Journal of the late public latrine in Jordan Road yester and on looking round observed ed and decent Englistiman who can just in time to cut off the rebels that one of the sand boxes had be moved to pay them. It is clear retreat. Although now outnumbered, Mr. Barbellion is that on, his dis day morning.

broken away from its fastenings, and covery of Marie Bashkirtseff. 1

He had thought

Dr. G. W, McKean and Mr. Gwas sliding along the deck. It set Ltd. was astoundeal.

himelf, as many less brainy men Humphreys were passengers on the two other sand boxes in motion, and China," which sailed for Sax one of these rashed into the iron have done, sui generis, unique,

railings on the starboard side with peculiar, exceptional. abnormal. Francisco, yesterday.

such force as to tear a gap in the original, a nensch. To find a

rails large enough for three men to Woman journalising Selings that he felt, writing down all his own youth, who was charged with obtain walk through abreast. thoughts and stalling him.ng $655 by false pretences, promisest lurched over to port, and the not read the China Mail regularly and marched into Macao, where gave in a shock. To think Ing to provide mine persons with end most bor on that side, full of Will somebody with a heart who has they are now interned pending in- sand, weighing nearly two tons access to him give him a precis of structions from the Chinese authori jam only a replien: how humiliat. Passports to Peru and failing to cocrashed into an old. Swiss lady, all that has led up to this story, and ties. The rebel casualties numbered;

so, has been withdrawn.

crushing her up against the rails A recent raid by the police at and killing her almost instantaneous suggest to him that having power to twenty-three, eleven in the Kao-0 West Point resulted in the seizure of ly. As well as we could, we helped good by a word he ought to scrap, and twelve in the encounter between the 'Patria" and the several morphia syringes. Two men the other ladies to get down to the A good magistrate with a back"wergtai." The Portuguese side who were said to have been caught lower deck, and they sing a rope to bare would

suffered no casualties.

ATTRACTIVE MODEL HATS and SEMI TRIMMED STRAWS.

DAINTY VOILE DRESSES.

LATEST

AND

The most interest-

ing for a human being to find li self merely a duplicats of andther.

Is there anything in the transmigra

tion of souls? She died in 1st I was born in 189." It is humiliating discovery, while it is

.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The case against the Chinese

..

I

The vessel

а

and that

that no one could afford to go on the rebels refused to surrender, and paying them all.

Let us have that Juvenile Court with Chinese Justices sitting on the bench thereof, and an end of this callous business of turning good little boys into criminals,

It may be that the Governor does

speak it ?

ነ

not wait for

it

in the act of injecting murphia into the box for the purpose of uing He would say: The law be blawed the hands of other Chinese present the wreckage off. With the aid of I am not going to fire these kids." were arrested.

some of the members of the crew,

we get the box off, and the old lady was removed from underneath. The captain had been summoned and the ship's surgeon also arrived on the scene in a few minutes' time, and on

examination he STYLES

EFFECTS.

MARRIAGE.

CRIVEN STOKES.-On the 22nd

CORRESPONDENCE.

'made a desperate attempt to break through. Their action forced the Portuguese to open fire, with the result that eleven were killed and wounded. The rebels then realized the futility of resistance and threw down their arms in surrender. They were rounded

It is understood that the Portu a fresh discovery, but the humilia-

guese authorities have since com- tion Ja wholesauine. In all of us

municated with the Chinese authori there is sonir of the bud of the

ties asking for instructions regarding worst of men, and some of the gond Messrs. Loxley & Co., summon

the captives. The Portuguese regret of the best. We are all much ofed a Chinese at the Magistracy, yes

kaving caused such heavy casualties, muchuess, and the delusion of terday, for selling soap, to which

but assert that they had no option callow youth or chronic egotism their Star" trade-mark, or one re

pronounced life OUR HARBOUR TO BE EXAMINED, owing to the rebels, opening fire en the guards at Kao-O when challenged." that it is diferent" is a thing to sembling it, had been applied. Mr.

Lui- The Chinese torpedo boat H.L. Drays prosecuted and Mr. Leo extinct. The body was placed on a be cutgrown.

It is amusing to re-Loinotto, defended. The case was stretcher and carried to the ship's

affair, is now interned in the Govern fect how an egotistranded for Thursday next, de hospital and was buried at sea the To the Editor of the China Mait.] chun" which took no part in the hates égotism.

fendant electing to be tried by the following morning, a British clergy-

ment dockyard at Barra, while the Sir, I am directed to inform you "Kwongtai" has been beached on others. Even the praise of another Supreme Court. A quantity of the saloon passenger to Bombay officiat-that arrangements have been made for Praya at Taipa.

Ing.

Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, C.M.G., Besides this sad death, the sliding partner in the 57 of Messrs. Coode, boxes were the cause of serious injury Matthews, Fitzmaurice and Wilson, to a man travelling to Shanghai to Consulting Engineers for Harbours, join the Customs service, his legs be-

EGOTISM.

in

may irritate, because the, act of soap has been seized by the Police.

praising implies ability to estimate.

10 judge. It is, like the obscure

man who cries Hear, hear

in

the

it. The present writer is tempted

tu wld another chapter to

a meeting addressed by a great Hints to Big Game Hunters orator. He is asserting himself, July, 1920, st St. Andrew's/which Mr. Hamilton has so eare-that man, and in effect saying: Church, Kowicon. by the Rev. fully and painstakingly compiled Bekold me.

Reginalder son of Mr. and

Lindsay, M.A.. Henry

I am able to appre- in this handsome lame he calls ciate this eloquence, these truths,

SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONAL INSURANCE

COMPANY.

Messrs. Arnold Bros. have forward, ed the report of the Directors of the

man who was travelling as a second.

the "Fatria" but one of the Chinese One report had it that it was not cruisers sent out by the Chinese authorities at Canton to chase the

ing badly hurt. A lady hurt both to visit the Colony towards the end fugitives which disabled the "wong her arms, and nearly everyone on of the year for the purpose of advising tai," meeting and engaging her as to the steps necessary for the im- outside Macao, near Tai-0. Reliable that part of the hurricane deck was more or less badly bruised. An en provement and developinent of the reports from Macao, however, make quiry was held the text day (June bour.-1 am, Sir, your obedient no mention of this.

of the servant,

Mrs. John Scriven of Sheffield / The “big gatue * will, be that you. But for me you would prob- Company, together with en secount of accident giving evidence. England, to jessie Frances. only played by the Eco-man, when ably overlook it.

Mr. Humilton helped as beater. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stokes of Kowicon.

The China Mail:

RUTA, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE"

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1920.

GUBBERTUSHED FUSTILUGS.

Men that have the temerity to Focus attention on the bigger ab- fractions, unaware of the futility f it, are minded to scorn them that go alooking for gapeseed, eye- ng the tremendous trifles of life, and getting more real interest out

But as we do not belong to the

Lest we Forger Brigade. and are

are

JUNKET.

KUCE'S THOUGHT.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER

-DEFENCE CORPS.

Orders for Cadet Company by Lieut. & 0. Brawn.

J

PARADE--BATHINO.

WHAT IS THE CANTON GOVERNMENT.

It is now learned that the Chinese gunboat which went aground at Pillar Point, near Castle Peak, in "British waters, in the course of a scrap, was the "Kwongka" the remaining one of the two Chinese gunboats which escaped from Canton with the object of joining the rebels. It seems that the vessel was deliberately grounded in order that her crew might escape capture, a belief which is supported by the fact that all hands abandoned

the ship as soon as she was beached,

taguse authorities to hand over the rebel vessels. 'It is also stated that sailors have been sent from Canton to take back the stranded "Kwong.

A. G. M. FLETCHER, Colonial Secretary. the annual meeting held at Edinburgh A particularly sad part of the

The chair at the meeting affair was that the old lady was Colonial Secretary's Office, At a Hongkong dinner on May 5.

Hongkong. July 22, 1920. party the other night was taken by Mr. J. J. Davidson, who going to stay with a daughter" in only to happy to forget maiters |

the lady gave us junker in the course of his speech said Australia, who had written, for her not worth remembering, we and we talked of Devonshire and come now to deal with the quinto go out there."

The informant adds that the sea able to assure the prospective pur- its dishes. We might just as fairly quennial figures as they more particu laser of this Work that it is quite have talked of Italy, for the word farly affect the Life Policyholders, and did not abate the least until the next juaket comes from giuncata (curd there are four factors adverse to the day. During the night a large pure in tone and taste, full of in- nocent annusement and a few puns, or cream cheese) which the Italians interests of the Policyholders to which quantity of glassware and some 400 and gives a truthful impression of so name because it is usually car-1 would specially draw attention; and plates were broken; whilst one of the [To the Editor of the "Chine Mail.") sporting life in British Melara.ried un giunce, bullrushes or bas-I would port out further that all these stewards in trying to save a crate of

Sir, in the report published by and made off to the mountains. The illustrations done by the kets or platters made thereof. The are directly the result of the War dishes was seriously injured in-

ternally.

you yesterday, about the brush be-Beyond the despatch of a tug to author's own versatile hand are ord junketting as applied to par- I have already referred to the reduced

tween the Portuguese cruiser Patria" pull the "Kwongka" off the beach. worth the two dollars charged for lies of pleasure perhaps derives values of Investments, and you will

and the Chinese (Rebel?) cruiser the local Naval authorities have the book. They would have been from the basket so necessary at a observe that from the Life Assurance

Kwong Tai," it was stared that the taken no actions. No steps seem worth less had they been better picnic. In some parts of England Fund we have had to write off a basket is still called a junket, the £271,000 in addition to £412,000 drawn." They remind us of Daisy name coming probably from the which had to be written off in 1915.

Portuguese Government acted on the to have been taken locally to instructions of the Chinese Gover-effect-the: capture of the rebels Ashford's "Young Visiters."

Latin talking" priests. Juncus is The second is the War Claims due

ment. What are we to understand who, it seems, will not be able to the Latin for reeds or rushes. to Policy holders killed in action or

by the Chinese Government? If it hold out long without provisions in ADVERSARIA."

a barren district. A great masterpiece dying as the result of wounds. These

means the Canton Government, can

It is reported that the Canton we properly call it the Chinese Government has requested the Por of a picture hangs to £158,000. The third is the in- upon the parlour wall creased taxation which has had to be

Government, observing that it is in Hongkong is stil

mer. This represents above what- of God, says Huck. on POOR. hell for the poor.

rebellion against the Northern Central the length of a louse's leg than

Our Square Deal pensively. It is entitled The Truth would have had to be met if the In-

Launch, will leave Blake Pier on and the only recognized Government

of China? Our police about Life, and all over it grows/come Tax had remained at its pre-Wednesday, 28th instant, at 5.15 p.m.

If the Canton Govern- e others from mirky ideas like Club died stillborn.

sum of no less than etempsychosis, marriage, matter, still waste their time on sprate filigree of cobwebs, spun by those war rate

£221,000. And the fourth is the and call at Kowloon ten minutes ent is also recognized, then the foreign nations are admitting that later.

KONGMOON QUET mystery. Cosmos is no thing instead of catching the mackerel. little spiders you call journalists.

increased value of the rupee. At our laugh at, but its dungbeetle may Our magistrates still seem incap-

Officer detailed for duty-2nd China is already divided into two Though it may be Indian Branch we issue Policies pay Lieutenant A. J. M. Weyman.

separate countries, and Tukuan' Mok, Reports from Kongmoon say that Do I contradict myself?" able of other than mechanical judg- DIVAGATIONS. perfectly true that able both as to Premiums and Sums

the most ignorant Assured in rupee currency.

-G. F. E. Rapson, Bt.Major,

ought to be called President, King, everything is now quiet there. Dur The ordinarily helps his mother carry-of men may have a soul to be saved,miums in the past have been remitted

"Emperor or something of the sorting the last few days that city Heard Adjutant, Hongkong Volunteer

If the report is a true one, I think great deal of possible conficie to ape scraping gubbertushed fusti- ing coal, is a faithful exponent of that is no excuse for garrulity in home and invested in sterling. The

Defence Corps.

that what the Portuguese Government take place soon, but no serious igs cannot savour this clear-cut the Chinese virtue of filial piety. paint. We may be willing to love rupee then was on the basis of is, 48.

trouble had happened. The MIltia- Hongkong, July 23, 1920.

ought to have done was to onder all of that city, composed of local busi ppreciation of the near and the When the typhoon signal threw him as a fellow victim of life's irony The Sums Assured when payable have

the Chinese men-of-war to leave

nessmen, was 'called our the last few , and would have us continu- them out of work, he borrowed without being willing to read him.

Portuguese waters within certain days to safe-guard the city, agat.st Hy sending doves from the ark of twenty cents, bought some reaOne of the most remarkable things now to be settled on the basis of the he soul to find nonexistent con- ants, and began selling them to we noticed in the great western ably for many years will not be less

time, failing which the boss should any possible, attack from bandita or be interned. The present quarrel in revolutionists. The citizens, and inents of knowledge. Mr. A. W. help the family finances. He did desert of Australia was this, that then 2s., or an increased liability of}

the South is nothing more than a soldiers did well and have given the B-Hamilton, a Penang magistrate, not, of course, get a licence. He in the midst of the most barren 50 per cent. To meet this unexpected

faction of rebels fighting against community satisfactory service, re is recently published a collection ought to, says Red Tape. In hell plain, inhabited only by lizards and contingency it has been deemed wise

another faction. It is better for by-ports the Canton Times, his writings that has clarified some day Red Tape will harangue spiders, we would find a beautiful to set up in our Board of Trade Re- branderstanding end made the damned souls and tell them little flower blooming all alone.

PAPER STOCKS DESTROYED.standers not to interiere, and wait and turns an additional liability of

see which side has the best of the straight our vision, for we know they had no business to coine there. It came as a shock, rather like an

£150,000 el the life of which he treats, Remember, this little merchant intelligent remark at a Hongkong

According to the report the real of No. 118 Queen's Road West last

A fire broke out on the ground floor fight-Yours, etc.,

JOHN KESTREL. and are able with a clear conscience had to borrow the twenty cents to bar, or like a sound walnut in the and sure conviction to affirm that buy his stock. How could he afford pound we buy from our compra 31, 1919, after writing off £675,000, Ping Tung Paper firm.

assets of the Company on December night, in premises occupied by the le mot one of the gubbertushed a licence for a temporary business dore, with whe began his amounted to £11,948,162.6.1. The of the fire, which was first discovered The origin fintilugs-of whom Burton. in his fat that. Now we have to ask how Rue" by "Tony," who began his Directors recommended the payment in-the, cockloft about 12:07 p.m., is

Anatomy of Melancholy" bas he can afford the two dollar fine. literary career by joshing our own of a dividend of es, on the "A" old Mr. Hamilton in his intro-The magistrate apparently doubted inspired Works, and now con- nction quotes Roget of the famous bis ability to contribute so much descends to the flattery of imita. Shares and of 22/6 on the "B" In spite of the fact that the alarm Thesaurus to this effect: "By a to this rich colony's revenue, for tion. Rather conscious of our stares, absorbing after deduction of was given early, a large stock of paper confused jargon of involved and he mentioned an alterative. generosity, we confess that his Income Tax, 63,000 the sum of was well slight before the Fire Brigade

£186,312.13.2. mystical sentences the imagination Three days' hard labour. There is paragrams remind us of those flow

easily inveigled into a transeen one dream we have which canters in the desert: dental region of clouds, and the never come true, but oh! it is sweet Enderstanding beguiled into the while it lasts. We dream. of one belief that it is acquiring knowledge day giving all these magistrates a and approaching truth to the week's hard labour, end of watch section entitled." Home Trinha,ing them do it.

by Walt Whitman. Very well ments. A little Chinese boy who jen. I contradict myself."

She author's method of approach.

"Tony" writes LIFE AFTER of the flowers that DEATH."

"eprang up in the bell-shattered soit

Pre-

new value of the rupee, which prob-

TELEGRAMS TO NORTH CHINA,

of Flanders. He does not mention, An express issued by the Eastern We used to pass an what is. of special scientific inter Extension Amtralasia and China og truth and capturing it by flank Widows. extremely ugly honse est, that species previously un, Telegraph Co, Ltd states that com

sck is undoubtedly the best,

CITY FIRE.

GROUND FLOOR ABLAZE.

not known.

DISABLED IN A TYPHOON.

STELMER TOWED INTO- HONGKONG.

| SINGAPORE LIBEL ACTION.

CHARGES OF PROFITEERING.

In the action for libel brought by the Singapore Cold Storage Company sgainst the Straits Times, which made allegations of profiteering against the company, Mr. Gaunt on behalf of the Straits Times made application arrived. It was found to be impos-

to the court, on July-13 for a com- sible to save the figor, and attention

With her funnel, bridge, and boats mkalon to Australia to take evidence was directed to the other. Boors from swept away, and her engines damn in the case.

A commission was granted, sod which the fames were successfully aged, the Japanese steamer Kenkon kept away. The blaze lasted for Maru," which encourdered violent the bearing of the case wili ponse- acaty half an hour, and the whole weather while on a worage from Kequently be delayed until the return ground Boor was gusted.

rasu to Singapore" with £ cargo of of the commision, which will Damage 10 paper and other property 4,000 tons of coal, was towed into probably be in about two macks" is estimated $1,000. It is under port yesterday from Saunkian Bay by time.

stood that the stock is insured with the member Yeni Ying Waf

on our frequent familjar thère sprang up, the seeds munication by landlines to Chefoo and though he did not always think walke. One day She looked out of having lain dormant for geners-Tientsin has been restored, but traffic the South British Insurance Company Mecers Carmichael and Clarke's

When the Straite Echo was dining - a window of it, and ever after i tions. He draws from the miracle is heavily delayed,